The opposition coalition in Guinea has
welcomed the United Nations Security Council's approval of a commission to
investigate the recent massacre.

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More than 150 opposition supporters were
killed by the military last month during a protest against the possible
candidacy of junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara.

The UN Security Council
sharply condemned the massacre and called on the military junta to try the
perpetrators.

The junta has pledged to support the investigation.

Bashir Bah, one of the leading members of Guinea's opposition coalition said that Guineans initially expressed worry that China could veto a
UN commission to investigate the massacre.

"That
is a good move and we salute the decision. A lot of people in Guinea and around
the world were scared about the potential veto from China since they signed a
bogus deal with Guinea. But that is a very good move from the Security Council
and we are delighted about it," Bah said.

He said the commission to
investigate the massacre will put more pressure on the military leadership.

"We think that it is going
to improve the pressure on the junta to relinquish power," he said.

Bah said the military
government seems to have very little support.

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"For the opposition it is
just a good achievement since we know now the whole world is condemning the
junta. There is no voice that supports them. Everybody realizes it is a rogue
regime that is condemned," Bah said.

He called for an
international military intervention to protect the ordinary Guinean.

"Now we need to move to the
next step that will be to set up a force to protect the inquiry and protect
people in Guinea and push the junta to relinquish power. It is a good step in
the right direction," he said.

Bah said the Security
Council has granted the opposition's demands for an international inquiry into
the massacre.

"This is a good step because
we have been calling for a long time for a special envoy in Guinea to take care
of all the matters related to protecting unarmed civilians making sure that
sanctions are enforced…so these are the measures that we have been calling for
and today's resolution goes towards that achievement," Bah said.

The European Union recently announced punitive measures against Guineas' military leadership
for being responsible to gross violation of human rights, including many
deaths, injuries and rape.

The sanctions include freezing
of finances and ban on visas for travel to Europe.

Twenty people, including junta
leaders and associates are targeted by the sanctions, the bloc's Swedish
presidency said in a statement after the meeting.

Bah said the opposition also
supports the European Union sanctions against the junta although describing the
move as not going far enough.

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"We don't have a problem
(with the sanctions) we just said it doesn't go far enough because some of the
people that are in this list are in prison by the junta following internal
disputes," Bah said.

He said the opposition will
soon come up with a list of those behind last month's massacre.

"We are working really
seriously about providing a comprehensive list that will allow more targeted
sanctions that is really going to really deal with the people that are involved
with the massacre," he said.

The United Nations says 157
people were killed when army troops attacked unarmed opposition protesters
September 28 at a rally in the capital, Conakry. Rights groups say the bloody
crackdown was premeditated and aimed at terrorizing opponents of military rule.

Meanwhile, the Economic
Community of West African States (ECOWAS) last week suspended
Guinea from its membership for proceeding with the legislative elections
despite the bloc's call to suspend the vote.